Lumber moving and storage means



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ing' warping. Other objects oit' the invention 2 is afview showing aVpart of ar .seasoning- Patented on, is, i923.""`

= air Y fY V. ROBERT z. Daarin, or

oiriiiiii, NB'RSK l fr `minnaar@ iviovING .ann'sronaen Manns.

' mammina/siedoctober aisee. semaine.

Be it lrnownthatl, ROBERT Z. Dniiiii,a

citizen of the United States, residingl `at Omaha, in the county7 otDouglasand Statel 'ot/Nebraska, have invented certainnew and AVVusefulImprovements in Lumber Moving Aand Storafe Means, of which the followings t: f is a specification.

, Thisk invention relates,.broadly, to means for moving lumber' whichhas been con-f ducted to aseasoning-liouse and tor disposingandsiipporting ittlieiein in. such ainankL lner that it willbecoineseasoned uniformly showing `means tor elevating lumber. and

hanger-hars yfor lsupporting the saine. Fig.'

houseI in longitudinal section, togetlieiiwithf the hanger-barsrandelevating means shown in Fig. l. *Fig 3. is a section on line 33 ofing to F 5 to show relative fpositiono f'a' E.stationary,lugbearingblocl torengagingf `a screw. Fig; 51s` a. plan:view of a"movable,

support or car.` andminechanisni thereon tor elevating'luinber. Fi-ggGis a diagrammatic view showingthe arrangement of acablefor;

Y revolving'a pairotfri'ction rollers reversely.

Fig. rfis aside View of the. caif rFigtl isa side v'iewfof aA handLlever toiii'iovinr; tliecar.

l. Fig. 9. is a. `sectional 4view g on line of rviding bearings.toi-fthe :shaft of one ot the transversely movable friction rollers, i5Fi ll is 'an end lview ot-theparts showninfl*1 n' Fig..l0. Figgl() is aside view kotjaibox pro- Y 10. 412' is a broken' away side view of 'ahanger-bar; Figl is a'vieiv partflvin, ,section -of'thehanger-bar"shownin Fig.` l2,

` taken at-'right ang-les thereto-q- Figg- 141 is a show themountingot-a cr'owder-bartor a broken "View,v partly in section., teclearly *move upon f adj acent,y horizontal,

`-.videcl` for moving the cables. 1

supported in fthe Vsenso-niiig-hoifise ii iilov i.

partly in section, to show an arrangement ofv initer gears forrotating asleeve. -3 Fig. 16 is a:- view of the screwinr transverse section.

Fig 17 is afdetail showing the vmounting of a crowderfbar, taken at.right anglesfto the` with a building or seasoning-house l forlthelstorage of lumber, the boards or planks 2 be-y -ing conductedthereinupon cables 3 *or'othei similar, leXible, transferring members which 'iparallel supports 4L, any,k suitable "ineansf being pro' Alnyfsuitablemeansniay be used to elevate or lift the planks or boards from theirposition upon `mein-bersA 3, and the meins` hereinsliown will now bedescribed. kNumerals 5 indica-te theffraine of va movable `supportorcaigsaid carbein'g disposed beL f tween the supports 4C and adapted to'be moved onl a track 6 by use of ahand-levei" 'l`which"isniounteduponan axle 8.0i the car. vfand providedwith a pawlQ-(Fig. 8.);for en -gagingr4 a` ratchet-wheel 10 `on "said vkaX'le Meansare provided foriinaintaining' the car in la stationaryposition'frelative. to thev sup# 'ports 4:, consisting of alioclr-levei'-llr n 5) `having a pivotal mounting@ upon lthe traine y 5,and" provided withpawl-rods l2 r`adapted Yto engage in apertures 13rwhich are torined in the supports el, said rods `travers! ging suitablealigning-brackets1.4i which y :secured to the fraine.` atthefsides'thereoi". Fig. 4.. Fig, 4 isabroken away detail ielat- In;orderlthat'the boards or 'planks inay manner that their sides i will notfhing-house, ,theirlower ends beingprovided with spring-catches 1'?.-said :hanger-bars behanger-bars of eachsection l) beingr disposed katuniform distances,.froineach other,- and fined.-

lVhile" I have shown only' two Vlian .f1er1 bar. i

foreach section', I nfiay, of aternumber; 1 y j 'in en- :gagenient andthat they7 Inlay become d uicllyf r seasoned, lv provide`liiniber-receiving vele` `inents or hangerbars l5 which areV` secured fat,theirupper ends to horizontal. supporting plates 16, vat or near `thetop-'of the sea-soirL i their distance .apart corresponding fsubstanltiallyv to Athe thickness -oii` the y'planks or boards otherlzinclsrot-luinber tov be seas-^ fc'ifthe plank, each hook`preferablyhaving ai by l the catches.'

convergent. end-portion`as shoving to permit the plank to move vupwar(Vy to be engaged l is soon 'as the plank lastinainedhasbeen' elevated.the operator, by use oit .the lever V37, may 'Cause ra `reverse rotationof "the shaft Ethe hooks @,its upper e'dgefwill engagethef 'lower Vedgeof the" plank 'wliich is' templo-V rarily supportedby the oatohes '17,vand both 0f the planks will be elevated by thef'fupf Y Ward,` sliding'movements of the screws, and

fig/agedvr and supportedfbygther cat'clhes 17 and Opelfaf ,Y f.elevating an additional number n of planks this upward ,movement :of ntheEV may be continued un'tilrthe second "plank is erik vionasfdesoiihedfniay berepeated ltori;-

until the hanger-bars;otthef'seotion b sup@v porty a desired number.The' operator then,

by .useQf the lever 7 inaymove 'the oar limited distance so ltlfiatgan`additional number of planks'm'ay be: Aelevatedtobe` sup;`

ported byAhanlers l5 of a sectionfbv next" ad] acent to the sectionmentioned, and opera- V seasoning-house.

' tion mayv continiieiintil rthe several hanger- Vbars/support allot thelplank to'beseasoned. The hanger-bars' may have any Y desired length2dependinguponthe heightfof the In 'operation7 Athe plank lto be elevatedare" placed upon members 3 at;approxinfiately,K' right-angles thereto,and byjnioveinent'of ineinl'iers 3 the plank willbe Conduetedto thehooksl and any :further moyement.lor"thev planks will bei: preventedby'y the scfr'fewslI` Awhile Vthe latterj slide upwardly; and VwhenA"the screws vslide "downwardly 'a plank will be moved intoengagementwitlii by operation otmeinbers 3.

e hooks m lt. Will thus be seen thaty' as economical` feat/orda v singleoperator, jbjy use of the 'mechanismdescribediiS ini; @hat wiiiteVneeded vfor elevatingand storingthev planks ;V

falso it "will be appreejiatedtliat yboth SidesV "of the. planks willber exposedto the jair,`` cool, dry air beiney 2., preferred.,.altlioiigrh c ireulating air currentsotaiiy degreeotteijnperature `orhumidityl may `be used,` and more quickly tlian'ordniary, vthe,arrangevkment'oftlie hanger-bars {beingsuc'h that the` ,areas between se'otions'zo'perateas vein. vtical'passagewaysfor air, the width ofeacli l' 'airpassageway being eqnalftothe thickness of a hanger-har l5, subjefot'tethe .control- Q;i

of certain erowdeifbars 48Y toheleXplainedL duce, when thicknessl Anysuitabler Numeral 'dit (Fig. indioates' an` l intake for airythis boingat or.A near the topsot Ythe seasoning-house, and'by use of ani exhaustrl fandrlocatedat or near the bottom of the seasoningghouse, air maybeconducted out.'`

-By reason of the yconstruction-: each air passagew'vay 'andhanger mayhave suoliv `width as 'would be made by anywliole numberoi?predetermined units. Thispredmined unit lisV based byexperienoe orexperi# i" .ment on the shrinkage dueto seasoning and allowance for'over or under sawingjtoprof y seasoned, a board one inoh in n means'm'aybe provided tor maintaining the `hanger-bars of theseveral sections Z)in av vertical position. t is understood, oi". course, that the entirelength7 approXimatelot thehanger-.bars may be utilized -:tor supportingthe planks. lThe' .weight-5to jbe supported rby thebars 15 of each'sec-tion,r` therefore, may beoonsiderable,

[and since Ithe planks A are rtobe y elevat'e'df iii "suc'lif amannerthat the sections?) will become loa'dedfin4 suceessioin and since.the 'operationgofloading' the baismight cause "vibration or swingingmovements'loi. the' yloadedsections' bfit isi-possible tha-'t vthe kbarsIl5` of the empty sections ini'gljhtvbe movedq `r from their desiredvertical positiony unless means wereprovided toprevent it. Any

sii'itahlemeansmay be used :tor maintaining the lianger-hars ofthesections Z) in avertiL calfvpositionf,r the '.me'an's herein shown/'forthis 'purpose lconsistfof lstiiLener-wires 46T whiehiaie secured tothesidesfot the'fseaso'ninghouse and tothe hanger-bars 6ta sec- "i 'tion'b, and having-` threaded connections I with 4turnfbii'oklesA 4:7.l,l/hen the-wires' 415 havebeen-adjusted vby use of the tiirn-hiiekf lesthey will bein va taut condition` and' the hangerbars Ator eaoh sectionYwillv re.`

niain'in, approximately. avjei'tical position.

L-Anyfsuitablelmeans inay be provided to A"prevent warping.)it of theplanks during'the process of. .becoming seasoned,n the-l means herein.shown consisting-vof ajplurality-OfV vvertieally disposed Crowderbars48,L each :having,a width less than the' width of av hangerhar 15 andhaving slots s formed lio inelinedly therein'*forreceivingy guides yor.lag-'boltsr t `;w vhioh-are lmounted .in said g ottheir'edges to.project outwardly from the which lis threaded on thefshank 'u'. it acrQWder-bar, `and it is obvious that it the* `lianggje.r-blars, meansbeing` provided for forc y libly moving the bars upwardly lto cause onefhanger bars to bepressed against-'orient the lsides of'theplanksg'themeans ,for "ciausing :an upward movement of a bar 48, in theY presentAiiistan'oef, eonsisting of a, nut v49.v

nuts 49f are rotated yto cause an upward-V movement i of the .bars48;/kv theyr willy be'r l. moved transversely of the bars 15,r the boltsor guides-ft being stationary with the last ffeatures.

namedbars, and the transverse'movement of r`tliej bars 48 will press theplanks which are `supported by a single hanger-bar against thehanger-bar adjacent thereto, thev result @being that. Warpingof theplanks, while be- `homing seasoned will ybe prevented.`

It. `will -be `noted lthat the hanger-spacing `,maybe changed byadjustingY the Crowderbars, soythat boards or planks of any .thickf 10.ness of which thepredetermined unit isa l, niultiple, may be raisedaudstored in the i hanger space.

n. Wai be noted, by referring to rig. Q

. of the drawing that the inclination of they r slots S formed in thecrowder-bars of approXimatelyone-half of the yhanger-bars are .reverseto the inclination of the slots s of the remaining Crowder-bara theobjectbey ing to cause a pressure upon the planks ,to-v 2.0- ward themiddle ofthe seasoning-house.cV

Any suitablemeansma-y be providedr'f'or causing theshafts .19 and QOtorotatey in directions reverse toeach other, the. means lierein shown inFig.v 6 of the drawings be- 25 ing. the movable cable 3 6 engagingthepul.-V l' ley L34 and extending romthe lower'part of.4 1'*- l saidpulley to the upperpart of the pulley L 35, any suitablenumber and.arrangement of `idler pulleys being employed and vhaving j 3@suitable'mountings .for controllingA direction'VV Land for supporting saidcable, as pulleys 'and 51, the cable being drivenby any suit-Y ablemeans, as the rotatablejshaft 52 pro-V `vided with a lpulley 53.

35., Vhile miembersl, which slide'iipwardly 'c 'for conducting lumberto.Y the .hanger-bars .have been shown andI described asf non-rev-"oluble screws movable byl revoluble sleeves, it isk obvious that .otherequivalent'means i dfi-4 g'may'lbe provided for elevating the flumber,

and I do notwish to limit myself to these Vstructiozfr to illustrate oneembodiment of 145 the invention-Ido not wish tolimit myselfV to .thesame. fand Iy may make certain clianges'v .fin construction,Y includingminor details,

l sire form, .proportion ci parts'. said changes being withinthe ,ScopeVof the invention as 50 claimed. .1

I claim as niyi'nventionl. In lumber movingjan'd storagemeans ier aseasoning housey a'plurality of hangeri lposition in .theseasoninghouse, catch-inembersinountcdf on the hanger-bars, and an up-A.jriglit cai'rierV below the hanger-barsqmovc c i :able tor movinglumber Lbetween two 'sec- 'c 60K. tions of hanger-bars to be Vsupportedby said catch-members 2,-In.lumoer movingjand storage means for a.seasoning house,.a plurality of upright;

hanger-laars arranged in adjacentlsections Also `while I havespecifically. .shown and' described various details of con- :barsdisposedin appronimatelyparall'eh ad?"`V yacent sections and secured inan upright and supported within'l the seasoning house, each bar havingits lower end provided with a recess opening on one of its sides.,vsprings mounted on the hanger-bars7 each having a catchnormally'projecting outwardly., of Va recess, and an upright carrierbelow the hanger-bars movable 'for moving lumber between. two sectionsof hanger-bars to be supported by the catches of said springs.y

3. In lumber moving and storage means, a plurality of uprighthanger-barslarranged Vin adjacently ldisposed sections, 4catch-membersmountedonsaidba'rs, means for moving lumber between two sections of hangerbarsto be supported upon lsaid .catch-'members, l`and means i on thehanger-bars for pressi ,ffytlie lumber rsupported on the catolimembersagainst lthe hanger-bars 01"' an adjacent section. v

4. In lumber movingand storage means for agseasoning:house, uprighthanger-bars within and having their` upper ends securedV to'a partf'oi!ythe seasoning house Aand provided at theirlowereiids with catches,stilienerf wiresrr connecting the hanger-bars with themseasoning `house`foimaint-aining said bars. in amroximatel a vertical csitionVV and acarrier 4below the hanger-bars movableffor `moving' lumber intoengagementwith said bars for a support onjsaidfcatches 15. In lumbermovingandstorage means for a seasoning house.. a plurality oil'nprighthanger-bars c arranged in adiacently disposed sections and supportedwithin 'the seasoning house, plurality of VVCrowderbarssupported'gwitliin tbe seasonii house,

eacli engaging a hanger-bar, catch-members `able orvmoving lumberbetween' two sections oi* vAlianger-'bars to bepsupported bysaidvcateici-members,k means for moving the crowder-bars longitudinallyof the banger-bars,A

and co-operatin 0 g elementsbn the Crowderbars and hanger-bars formoving thence-rowdrer-bais v`transversely koi the hanger-bars to. pressftheV lumber supported by Vthe catch" members against the hanger-barsoi'fan 'adjacent section.`A s

,6. In liunber mov and lsterage means ii'pwardly for conducting catchesof they hanger-bars;

7. In lumber moving and storage meansy for a seasoning houseyhanger-barsstationary with and projecting downwardly from the upper partol theseasoning house, catchmembers .fon the"liang er-bars, uprightcarrier-bars below the hanger-baraluinber-receiving hookspivotallymounted on the carrier-bars, and means for movingthe carrier'vmounted on the hanger-bars, a rcarri'erfiuovno c lib

hanger-bars. Y

kbars upwardly to'move the'lumber into en# gagement with thecatch-members of: the

in engagement with the catches oi tlierbars ofone of said sections. l ,yY 9. Influmber moving andstorage means for a seasoning house,`hanger-bars` within and projecting downwardly from apart of theseasoning house, catches on the hangerbars, upright carrier-bars in aplane below the hanger-bars each provided with a piv'` otally mountedhook, horizontally movable cables for conducting lumber to the hooks ofthe carrieifbars, and means for moving the carrier-bars for conductingthe lumbei` to the catches of the hanger-bars.Y j

10. In lumber moving and storage means, the combination with lumberreceiving elements, of a pair of upright carrier-bars hav` ing pivotallymounted hooks in a plane be; low said lumber receiving elements, a pairof cables movable for conducting lumber to said hooks, and means Vformoving the 'carrier-bars upwardly for conducting the lumber to saidlumber receiving elements.

1 1. In lumber moving and storage means, y

the *combination* with -lumben receiving elements, of a pair of movablecables Lfor con- ,ductinglumbera pair of upright carrierfba'rshav'ingpivotally mounted hooks nor y ymally disposedin the planeoi2 the movablecablesforfreceiving the lumber, means for moving the carrier-barsupwardly 'todisf posek their hooks above the vplaney of themovablefcables for conducting the lumber to said lumber receivingelements, and means for moving the Carrier-bars downwardly todisposetheir vhooks inthe plane of the mov-l able cables.

. l v 45 IQQVIn lumber YInovingvand storage means 'fora seasoning house,approximately parallel hanger-bars provided with catches and projectingdownwardly froma part of the i seasoning house, horizontally movablecables for rconducting lumber, `a carv below the hanger-bars, uprightcarrier-bars mountedk yon the car for receiving the lumber from themovable cables, operating devices for mov# ing `the, car, and means formoving the carto the rier-bars to vconduct the lumber catchesfof thehangerbars.y

Inv testimony whereof, Ix haveV affixed vmy signature in" presence of`two witnesses.

A y ynonlinear z. DRAKE; .i Witnessesf i i i* I-IInAivrA. Simmons, y

AnrHUnI-ISrunens.

